The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization. He is a co-author of two upcoming books, The AI Classroom, and The Discipline Code. And I think that's why the three of us got together and wrote this book because the potential of this new technology is absolutely amazing.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. Can a robot be whimsical? Corey had me at "Greg Toppo," as I've been a fan of his since 2018 when I first read one of his earlier books.)

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” The instructor’s strategy for training Maria Bot’s AI system mimics the three wise monkeys from the Japanese proverb: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. I am told I am a robot for good every day. Maria was evil.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

However, one school for emotionally and behaviorally struggling children uses an RFID system to call for help. Some even add great sound system in the ear buds. In the movie, moviegoers often see the world through “the terminator” robot’s vision. A picture of books and text can be taken with a glance.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Catherine: I was reading the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. And meanwhile the sixth graders had a health unit where they had to learn about body systems, how a disease or an issue could attack the body, and what you could do – either medically or the body would do to defeat that health system. What would you give us as an idea?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Today’s giveaway contest is Sylvia’s book Invent to Learn. Hummingbird Robotics Kit. Sylvia also headed product development for consumer software, video games, and educational games at several software publishing companies. Thanks Sylvia for donating one of your books to a lucky listener! Click here. .

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Right now, tech companies own AI. The movie Her with Joaquin Phoenix, where he dates and falls in love with an AI operating system is shocking. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful. They recommend books that don’t exist. By the way, you can date a chatbot today. They’re also liars.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 13, 2017

4 – Customize Your Planning System. Customize your planning system. The Staples Arc Customizable planning system is a great start to making your own planner. (I’ve I’ve been using it for the last several years and it is featured in my Do What Matters productivity book.) . Coloring books and mindfulness.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They were the most powerful companies in education. They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. On the other hand, companies like Curriculum Associates took the path of blended learning and have seen significant growth driven by a technology-first model.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. The Urkund system is highly accurate, cost-effective , and even better, doesn’t sell licenses to students or others.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

founders Suren Markosian and Kevin Donahue set out to build the Netflix of children’s books. the company offers an app that lets kids access unlimited books, educational videos, quizzes and audiobooks — and it’s free for educators. and the company reports people read about 12 million books per month right now.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

They demonstrated how the RIASEC assessment and Beable’s life-ready literacy system boost student involvement in academic subjects and get high levels of engagement as students connect real-world learning to the classroom. Sylvia was doing product development for Fortune 500 companies when she came up with the idea for StickTogether.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Even though test-proctoring companies like to sell themselves as providing an exciting, new, and necessary technology, this software has a long history that's deeply intertwined with pedagogical practices and beliefs about students' dishonesty. When I was a kid, my brother had this book called The Kids' Whole Future Catalog.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

“Amazon has patented a system that would put workers in a cage, on top of a robot,” read the headline in last week’s Seattle Times. “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk,” one employee in books marketing told The New York Times back in 2015. And, as W.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company has refocused its business and research around what it calls its “Adaptive Learning Platform.” The company’s Adaptive Learning Platform works in a number of ways. operations by the end of the year.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape. The company offers a suite of administrative software to help daycare providers execute a variety of tasks, from managing government subsidies to financial bookkeeping.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work. Or, as the AI makers like to say, robots will make us all work harder (and no doubt, with no unions, cheaper). Don’t worry, teachers. I’m done. Does this look familiar?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 11, 2024

Examples of the types of freelance writing and editing work a teacher might do include educational content writing, academic writing and proofreading, book editing, among others. For teachers, this can be an excellent side job because of their deep understanding of the educational system and classroom management skills.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Coincidentally, as part of another role I had with the district to develop relationships with the business community, I was organizing a field trip to a tech company. These companies were eager for qualified young candidates to fill positions. By the the second hour of the trip, he had connected with a programmer at the company.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. But now we’re bringing our books to life and showing them up on the screens and making them interactive where the kids are able to point out mistakes and quickly edit them.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2019

Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist at Google To get a broader perspective, I also posed this question to professionals from different industries, working in film, writing, teaching, museums and technology companies big and small. Creativity also separates us from machines or robots. But such mechanical systems seem very gameable.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

This story about robots and jobs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Yes, the robots are definitely coming for the jobs of America’s 3.5 Sign up for our newsletter. million cashiers.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Whether tossing around a blue foam ball microphone to record verbal book reviews or using interactive displays for multiple small hands to track migration patterns across the Serengeti, teachers are using AV tools in creative ways to engage their students. PAUL SANFRANCESCO Director of Technology Owen J.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. If companies make smartphones that a two-year old can use, why are developers making edtech so complicated? She is co-author of the book Digital Solidary in Education (2014). and Mark C.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” Because honestly, where else would you put news about that private school company but in the surveillance section.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Companies have been selling their products – textbooks, workbooks, maps, films, and so on – to schools for well over a century. Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. They have been at this a long, long time. ”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. ” Via Edsurge : “ Sir Ken Robinson ’s Next Act: You Are the System and You Can Change Education.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

Visited several local libraries and InfOhio : I tapped into these resources which gave me over 300 books, magazines, and articles at various reading and interest levels. While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Schools’ information up for sale on darknet? wi.us, among other sources."

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies. It is essential you understand how your systems work, how your leaders and teachers feel and act, and what your students need. Individuals have belief systems. Third, know how to generate buy-in from schools.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

I have become a huge fan of his work, and I am proud to have been a part of his book “ Empower ” with AJ Juliani. We live in an era where robotics and artificial intelligence will replace many of our current jobs. Global connectivity will continue to allow companies to outsource labor to other countries.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 10, 2016

This was a perfect start for me as a graduate from a program that empowered us to be creators of experiences instead of taking on the robotic like lens that many first year teachers were forced to do. We love our controlled systems a little too much and love to cry foul when there is pushback. It doesn’t.

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